Dunn v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
43
cited by 43 later decisions
1
states following
March 1989
most recently cited
43 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Manlove v. State · Vaughn v. State · Banks v. State · Capps v. State · Lee v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"If the evidence merely tends to establish a suspicion of guilt, or the mere opportunity to do so [commit the offense] it is clearly insufficient to sustain the conviction.... The law requires substantial evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. We cannot predicate an affirmance of guilt upon mere possibility because of opportunity or suspicion."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“nothing more than a mere suspicion of guilt,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ruetz v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.